We need devs who will not only speak up but who can communicate I spent a few years dealing with the asshole charlatan CTO, who I shit you not, was "discovered

We need devs who will not only speak up but who can communicate I spent a few years dealing with the asshole charlatan CTO, who I shit you not, was "discovered" while working at computer renaissance. The major differentiator between him and the lead dev who never got his way, was that the CTO could calmly and credibly state his case. Even if that case was as ridiculous as "we need to rewrite all our systems to use UDP, TCP is making everything slow". When confronted with these kind of theories the lead dev would easily be goaded into hissy fits, that made him sound like an egotistical baby. Everyone on this forum knows that blaming TCP for system slowness is total misdirecting bullshit. But the CEO doesn't know that, and if you present your case without savvy social skills you will lose every time. This lead dev proved it for several years. It sucks, but it is life. Interestingly I happened upon this telling quote that I later learned through informal channels was attributed to the CEO "I have 25 code writers that are absolute 'Rain Men', but I gotta have ONE 'Rain Man' with social skills to run the place." In the context of that quote, some things that happened during my time at the startup make a lot more sense.